$ETH Ethereum Jumps 29% in a Week as Traders Bet on ETF Momentum
CoinGecko data shows Coinbase's order book flashed a 2,516 print at 14:22 UTC Thursday, the highest level since December 2021. A single market buy lifted the best ask by 40 in seconds. By the 16:00 UTC close, ether had retraced to 2,415.81, still up 29.2% on the week.
Coinbase's order book flashed a 2,516 print at 14:22 UTC Thursday , the highest level since December 2021.
A single market buy lifted the best ask by 40 in seconds.
CoinGecko data shows Coinbase's order book flashed a 2,516 print at 14:22 UTC Thursday, the highest level since December 2021. A single market buy lifted the best ask by 40 in seconds. By the 16:00 UTC close, ether had retraced to 2,415.81, still up 29.2% on the week.
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$ETH TRUMP Token Surges 38% After Eric Trump Denies New Family Coin Launch
TRUMP token rallied 38% in the 24 hours ending 14:00 UTC Aug 22 after Eric Trump posted on X that the family has no plans to launch an official cryptocurrency.
View original post The Defiant first reported the denial and price reaction at 15:12 UTC Aug 22.
TRUMP token rallied 38% in the 24 hours ending 14:00 UTC Aug 22 after Eric Trump posted on X that the family has no plans to launch an official cryptocurrency.
The denia…
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$BTC - Mystery Whale Sells 576M in Bitcoin as BTC Nears 80,000
A mystery whale sold another 2,700 BTC (about 211.8 million) earlier today, pushing its three-day total to 7,700 BTC (roughly 576.6 million) The selling lands just as bitcoin trades within reach of 80,000, capping its strongest weekly rally in years
Live tape: $BTC 77,030 USDT (-1.5%), ETH 2,416 USDT (-2.8%).
Flows usually matter more than the headline on days like this.
$XRP 830 Million in an Hour: XRP and TRUMP Drive New Record in South Korea
The cited source reports that South Korea's Upbit recorded 1.15 trillion won, roughly 830 million, in trading volume within a single hour on Saturday, with XRP and TRUMP dominating the surge.
According to BeInCrypto on 2026-08-22, The cited source reports that South Korea's Upbit recorded 1.
15 trillion won, roughly 830 million, in trading volume within a si…
The cited source reports that South Korea's Upbit recorded 1.15 trillion won, roughly 830 million, in trading volume within a single hour on Saturday, with XRP and TRUMP dominating the surge.
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$AAVE Aave deposits hit 30B as Stani Kulechov declares 'liquidity is back'
Aave's deposit surge signals a revitalized DeFi landscape, highlighting the protocol's resilience and potential for future growth in liquidity.
According to Crypto Briefing on 2026-08-22, Aave's deposit surge signals a revitalized DeFi landscape, highlighting the protocol's resilience and potential for future gr…
Aave's deposit surge signals a revitalized DeFi landscape, highlighting the protocol's resilience and potential for future growth in liquidity.
CoinBatmi is publishing this as a source-grounded briefing because the report falls within our ongoing aave coverage. The cited material is the basis for the facts in this update, while additional confirmation may still be needed.
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$BTC - Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs Score Biggest Week Since October with 2.3 Billion
US-listed Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds each recorded their largest week since October 2025, drawing a combined 2.6 billion in the… Bitcoin products captured 1.92 billion of that sum Ethereum funds added 697.18 million, reve
Live tape: $BTC 77,418 USDT (+0.5%), ETH 2,440 USDT (+1.0%). Also on radar: ETH.
Not changing my weekly bias yet, but this is on the desk.
$ETH Tlaib Holds Ethereum ETF in IRA After Voting Against Spot Funds
Rep. Rashida Tlaib reported a stake in the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) valued between 1,001 and 15,000 in her individual retirement account, according to a periodic transaction report filed in May 2024 and posted to the House Clerk's disclosure portal.
Michigan Rep.
Rashida Tlaib disclosed holding BlackRock's Ethereum ETF (ETHA) in her IRA, despite voting against crypto regulatory bills like FIT21.
Her 1K,15K stake,purcha…
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$BTC Stacks Unlocks AI Agent Transactions With Bitcoin Onchain
Stacks layer now permits autonomous AI agents to execute native bitcoin transactions without human intervention, marking the first programmable pathway for machine-to-machine value transfer on Bitcoin's base chain.
Autonomous AI agents can now trigger conditional Bitcoin base-layer transactions via Stacks smart contracts, bringing programmable machine payments to the network.
Stacks layer now permits autonomous AI agents to execute native bitcoin transactions without human intervention, marking the first programmable pathway for machine-to-machine value transfer on Bitcoin's base chain.
Bitcoin traded at 77,267 with a 22.7% seven-day gain as the capability launched, per CoinGecko data. The seven-day close series, 63,075 → 63,431 → 64,043 → 64,277 → 69,166 → 74,687 → 78,269, shows the rally accelerating into the announcement week.
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$SOL Solana Governance Vote Hits Quorum Display Bug as SOL Surges 23%
CoinGecko data shows Solana's native token SOL has surged 23.4% in the past seven days, reaching 93.59 as the network prepares for its inaugural on-chain governance vote.
Solana's SOL token surged 23% to 93.59 as its first on-chain governance vote nears, but a dashboard bug misreports quorum,showing 60% instead of the required 33.3%.
The erro…
CoinGecko data shows Solana's native token SOL has surged 23.4% in the past seven days, reaching 93.59 as the network prepares for its inaugural on-chain governance vote.
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$BTC AI Red Team Scans Bitcoin Code for Exploitable Flaws
A loose collective of roughly 20 developers has begun systematically probing Bitcoin's software stack with large language models, arguing that the economics of vulnerability discovery have fundamentally shifted.
A loose collective of roughly 20 developers has begun systematically probing Bitcoin's software stack with large language models, arguing that the economics of vulnerabi…
A loose collective of roughly 20 developers has begun systematically probing Bitcoin's software stack with large language models, arguing that the economics of vulnerability discovery have fundamentally shifted.
Until recently, auditing consensus-critical code required specialized cryptographers spending weeks reading C++ and Rust implementations line by line.
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$BTC Kalshi Blocked in Washington State as CFTC Escalates Prediction-Market Rulemaking
Washington state has cut off Kalshi customer access while the platform challenges the restriction in court and its federal regulator keeps pursuing new rules.
Kalshi is contesting a Washington state ban on event contracts in federal court as the CFTC advances strict new rules for registered prediction markets.
Washington state has cut off Kalshi customer access while the platform challenges the restriction in court and its federal regulator keeps pursuing new rules.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission registered Kalshi as a designated contract market in 2021, allowing it to list event contracts on elections, economic indicators, and weather.
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The European Commission has opened a review of whether decentralized lending vaults should be captured by the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, the first concrete step toward extending MiCA beyond its current custodial perimeter.
The European Commission has opened a review of whether decentralized lending vaults should be captured by the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, the first concrete ste…
The European Commission has opened a review of whether decentralized lending vaults should be captured by the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, the first concrete step toward extending MiCA beyond its current custodial perimeter.
MiCA, which entered full application on December 30, 2024, regulates issuers of asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, along with crypto-asset service providers that hold client funds.
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$XRP JD Vance Dodge XRP, Bitcoin Debt Plan as U.S. Debt Hits $40T
The post JD Vance Dodge XRP, Bitcoin Debt Plan as U.S.
Vice President JD Vance has ruled out using Bitcoin or XRP to tackle America's 40 trillion debt, tempering expectations around Trump's crypto agenda.
The post JD Vance Dodge XRP, Bitcoin Debt Plan as U.S.
debt. Wi. CoinBatmi is publishing this as a source-grounded briefing because the report falls within our ongoing bitcoin, ripple coverage. The cited material is the basis for the facts in this update, while additional confirmation may still be needed.
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$ARB Arbitrum ZK Settlement Plan Targets 7-Day Withdrawal Bottleneck as ARB Jumps 19%
Need to trim to strictly 90-170. "ARB jumped 19% as traders price a ZK upgrade replacing Arbitrum's seven-day withdrawal wait with a fast lane, unlocking trapped capital and…
Need to trim to strictly 90-170.
"ARB jumped 19% as traders price a ZK upgrade replacing Arbitrum's seven-day withdrawal wait with a fast lane, unlocking trapped capital and…
The rally reflects markets front-running the elimination of a structural bottleneck.
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$BTC - Bitcoin crash forced Riot to pledge 1,825 BTC, but this huge rally may now free up 1,500 BTC
Riot Platforms entered 2026 with 3,977 BTC pledged against a 200 million Coinbase loan Bitcoin then fell far enough that the agreement required another 1,825 BTC, taking the collateral balance to 5,802 in February Those coins still belonged to Riot and sat in a segregated cust
Live tape: $BTC 77,202 USDT (+0.4%), ETH 2,426 USDT (+2.1%).
Flows usually matter more than the headline on days like this.